Watch the Gideon's Trumpet video. It will have the information you will need to complete the trial essay. This trial is not included in the Famous Trials website because in 1963, it was not sensational nor was Gideon famous in any way.
Also consider reading a short biography of Mr. Gideon from the web. I have provided some additional materials for you, which may be found in the "Week Ten Reading Assignment" page.
Answer all of the questions below:
What was some key evidence supporting the conviction of Gideon at his first trial?
Using/discussing some of the evidence, explain why the jury acquitted Gideon at his second trial.
How was Gideon able, without lawyers, able to persuade the Supreme Court to take up his appeal?
In what way did the Supreme Court's decision in Gideon v. Wainwright vastly expand an indigent defendant's right to an attorney in a criminal case that was very limited in the 1932 Powell v. Alabama case? Remember that the Powell case was one of two appeals taken to the Supreme Court from the Scottsboro Boys trials.
These are the links I need to use and any other outside source.
https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_gideon.html
https://historicmissourians.shsmo.org/clarence-earl-gideon
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1962/155
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